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President Donald Trump ‘s tax-cut legislation cleared its final hurdle in the U.S. Congress on Thursday, as the Republican-controlled House of Representatives narrowly approved a massive package that would ...

British businesses have trimmed their expectations for wage growth over the coming year, a Bank of England survey conducted in June showed on Thursday. Firms expected wage growth of 3.6 per ...

The UAE’s non-oil private sector grew steadily in June even as regional tensions weighed on demand, and firms ramped up output to tackle backlogs, a survey showed on Thursday. ...

President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending bill earmarks more than $8.6 billion to increase the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker fleet in the Arctic, where Washington hopes to counter ...

Russia said on Thursday it had accepted the credentials of a new ambassador of Afghanistan, making it the first nation to recognise the Taliban government of the country. In a ...

After participating in Mercosur trade talks in Buenos Aires, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva visited former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Thursday at her apartment ...

Major General Mikhail Gudkov, deputy head of the Russian Navy and a former commander of a marine brigade fighting against Ukraine, has been killed in action, depriving Moscow of one ...

A wildfire killed a bedridden man who was home alone in Turkey’s western Izmir province after it spread to a residential area, state-owned Anadolu news agency said on Thursday, ...

French air traffic controllers began a two-day strike on Thursday to protest over staff shortages and ageing equipment, leading to hundreds of flight cancellations just as the summer season gets ...

Eleven jailed Russian dissidents have written to world leaders appealing for a mass release of Russian political prisoners and Ukrainian civilians held by Russia – some 10,000 people in total, they say – ...

Hamas is seeking guarantees that a new U.S. ceasefire proposal for Gaza would lead to the war’s end, a source close to the militant group said on Thursday, ...

Liverpool’s Portuguese forward Diogo Jota and his brother died in a car crash in northwestern Spain early on Thursday, when their Lamborghini veered off the road and burst into ...

Republicans in the House of Representatives advanced U.S. President Donald Trump’s massive tax-cut and spending bill toward a final yes-or-no vote early Thursday morning, appearing to overcome internal ...

U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out at congressional Republicans on Thursday for failing to swiftly pass his signature legislation, warning them on social media they would lose MAGA votes ...

Four people died, 38 were missing and 23 survived after a ferry carrying 65 people sank near the Indonesian island of Bali, the country’s Search and Rescue agency said on Thursday. The ...

Hundreds of firefighters battled a blaze Thursday on Crete island, which burnt swathes of forest and olive groves and forced the evacuation of over 1,000 people, officials said, underscoring the region’...

British food prices accelerated by the most since March 2024 in June, pushing up overall shop prices rose for the first time in nearly a year, according to a survey from ...

A decision by Washington to halt some shipments of critical weapons to Ukraine prompted warnings by Kyiv on Wednesday that the move would weaken its ability to defend against intensifying ...

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ will remain behind bars for now, a judge ruled on Wednesday, after the music mogul was cleared of sex trafficking and racketeering charges that could have put ...

The United States said on Wednesday it was unacceptable that Iran had chosen to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian put into effect on ...

Four people died in Spain, two in France and two in Italy as an early summer heatwave continued to grip much of Europe on Wednesday, triggering health alerts and forest ...

A Turkish court on Wednesday ordered the arrest of cartoonist Dogan Pehlevan and three others pending trial, after a drawing in their satirical magazine stirred outrage among religious conservatives and ...

Bank of England policymaker Alan Taylor said on Wednesday that a soft landing for Britain’s economy is now at risk and that economic data had recently argued for five ...

The Pentagon has halted some shipments of air defense missiles and other precision munitions to Ukraine over concerns that U.S. stockpiles are too low, two people familiar with the ...